Excavating
['ɛkskə,vet]
Definition
(p. pr. & vb. n.) of Excavate
Editor: Randolph
Examples
- There have been about 1,000 patents granted for bridges, about 2,500 for excavating apparatus, and about 1,500 for hydraulic engineering. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
- This dredge is the only one found satisfactory in excavating rock. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
- Great gangs of men were employed in excavating canals, in making railway cuttings and embankments, and the like. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
Editor: Randolph